3 Easy Christmas Table Ideas that can be made in Minutes!

Are you hosting? You’ll love these easy Christmas table ideas that can be made in minutes, including DIY napkin rings, name card holders, and drink markers.

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I love a beautifully set table, but I’m often short on time when it comes to entertaining. Is that you, too?

Between cooking meals, baking treats, and cleaning house — there just isn’t much time to prepare a pretty table. That’s why I’m crazy about these 3 easy and affordable Christmas Table Ideas that will have guests dining in style, without a ton of effort.

Plus, each project — DIY Napkin Rings, Drink Markers, and Name Card Holders — easily translates to holidays and occasions other than Christmas. With a few tweaks, each simple tutorial will work for any season. That means you can entertain affordably without reinventing the wheel each time you host.

I have partnered with Scotch™ Brand to create this stylish table, and you can hover over the photo {below} to shop the products we’ll be using.

Scotch™ Brand products allow you to be hands-on, creating projects that you’ll be proud to share with friends and family. They’ll love pulling up a chair at your pretty, holiday table. Now, let’s get started…

Christmas Table Idea #1: Napkin Rings

Dress up cloth napkins with small seasonal items such as pinecones, acorns, berries, or flowers. Pair it with a large leaf {I love Magnolia leaves} and dress it up with a bit of glitter.

Supplies

Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum
Large Leaves
Scissors
Small Seasonal Items
Twine
Metal Book Rings, 1.5″
Cloth Napkins

Instructions

First, choose several large leaves. Wrap the point of each leaf with strips of Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum. Trim any excess tape with scissors.

Roll the cloth napkins, and clasp a 1.5″ book ring around the napkin. As you clasp the ring, tuck the leaf and seasonal items under the metal. The ring will hold everything in place.

You may need to attach twine to the seasonal item in order to hang it on the ring. The pinecones used in this example were from Walmart and included twine.

Christmas Table Idea #2: Drink Markers

Even after dinner is over, guests will be able to keep their drinks straight, thanks to personalized drink markers. A shimmery letter and seasonal details add up to create simple jewelry, for your stemware!

Supplies

Scotch® Create Multipurpose Glue
Split Rings, 8mm
Wood Letters
Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum
Scissors
Small Seasonal Items
Twine
Metal Book Rings, 1″

Instructions

First, attach split rings to wood letters with Scotch® Create Multipurpose Glue. Once dry, wrap the corners of each letter with Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum and trim with scissors, if needed.

Next, slide the split ring onto a book ring. Also attach a small, seasonal item to the book ring with twine.

Christmas Table Idea #3: Name Card Holders

Dress up each place setting with a modern name card holder, featuring natural elements and platinum glitter.

Supplies

Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum
Square Canvases, 2″
Scissors
Permanent Marker
Scotch® Create Permanent Mounting Squares
Scrap Wood Blocks, approx 2″
Preserved Moss

Instructions

First, wrap strips of Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Platinum around 1/2 of a 2″ square canvas. Trim the tape with scissors, if needed. Next, write the name of each guest in black permanent marker, above the tape line.

Use Scotch® Create Permanent Mounting Squares to attach the canvases to the wood blocks, and preserved moss to the backs of the canvas.

Party… Year-Round

Now that you have a simple method for making Napkin Rings, Place Card Holders, and Drink Markers; the sky is the limit in terms of your creativity. With Scotch® Expressions, there is tons of versatility and fun, without breaking the bank. Here are just a few quick ways to turn these party ideas into year-round entertaining:

Tuck small eggs into the perserved moss for brunch on Easter Sunday.
Swap red berries for the pinecones to create a traditional Christmas color palette.
Use Scotch® Expressions Glitter Tape Gold, instead of platinum, for a fall table.
Pair a white tablecloth, instead of plaid, with black napkins and this table setting could suit an elegant evening wedding.

Is that enough inspiration to get you started? I’d love to hear what you create!